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Nhlanganiso Mkhonta serves as Business Editor at the Times of Eswatini. He reports on business, economics, finance, investment, entrepreneurship and public policy, producing insightful coverage and analysis of the issues driving Eswatini’s economy and the wider African business environment.

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Quality exports key to unlocking industrial growth

EZULWINI – Minister for Commerce, Industry and Trade Manqoba Khumalo has called for an urgent shift towards value addition and export-driven industrialisation.The minister...

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Kirsh sells Jetro in landmark E500bn deal

MBABANE - Eswatini-born billionaire Nathan ‘Natie’ Kirsh has agreed to sell his food distribution empire, Jetro Restaurant Depot, in a landmark US$29.1 billion...

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Standard Bank profit rises 3% to E253m

MBABANE – Standard Bank Eswatini has reported a resilient financial performance for the year ended December 31, 2025, with profit after tax increasing...

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Eswatini hits E2m milestone exports to Taiwan

MBABANE – Eswatini’s export drive has received a significant boost after local products valued at nearly E2 million were successfully shipped to Taiwan.This...

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Standard Bank backs investment conference with E0.5m sponsorship

MBABANE – Standard Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to Eswatini’s economic transformation by announcing a E500 000 sponsorship for the Eswatini Investment Conference...

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Business Eswatini partners with AeTrade to boost SMEs

MBABANE – Business Eswatini has entered into a strategic partnership with AeTrade Group in a move set to reshape the small and medium...

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Eswatini pushes trade reforms at WTO to unlock growth

MBABANE - Eswatini has renewed its call for urgent reforms to the global trading system. This highlights the need for full implementation of...

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CBE holds rates steady amid global pressures

MBABANE –  Heightened global uncertainty and persistent geopolitical tensions have forced the Central Bank of Eswatini to maintain a cautious monetary policy stance,...

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NMC earns top regional accolade

MBABANE - The National Maize Corporation (NMC) has secured first place in the Service of the Year category at the SADC Quality Awards....

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Maloma Colliery calls for calm as wage talks continue

MBABANE - Maloma Colliery Ltd has offered employees a cumulative nine per cent salary increase over two years, but wage negotiations have reached...

Eswatini girls shine at Dance World Cup finals

MBABANE - Eswatini’s young ambassadors represented the nation with flawless charm at the ongoing Dance World finals in Ireland. Talent and Motion shared...

DNA plan could swallow E126m of Home Affairs budget

MBABANE – Making DNA testing compulsory before issuing birth certificates could cost taxpayers about E126 million annually, enough to fund free Grade I...

Swazipharm blames ministry delays, commits to compliance

LOBAMBA – After being implicated in the delivery of medical drugs that were later recalled, prominent pharmaceutical supplier Swazipharm has reaffirmed its commitment...

Shembe forgives Zulu King after video fallout

MBABANE – Members of the Nazareth Baptist Church in Eswatini have rallied behind His Holiness Unyazi Lwezulu Shembe after he publicly forgave Zulu...